Stampedekids Micro Scaler: BUILD

[chameleonkid]

sweet pics though. :mrgreen:

 

[Stampedekid]

sweet pics though. :mrgreen:

Thanks! If anyone has a pic of their steering link/trackbar it would be appreciated. My first two designs failed...

 

[theholybull]

I have to agree with scaler on this as well.

 

[chameleonkid]

is your servo still on the axle? maybe try putting it longways on the chassy. here's a pics of my f350, hope it helps;-)

 

[Stampedekid]

is your servo still on the axle? maybe try putting it longways on the chassy. here's a pics of my f350, hope it helps;-)

Well for now it is NOT but the problem was my placement of it up on the Chassis etc.. but basically in a few minutes, I'm off to the LHS to pick up an HS-55 or similar servo I had it laying down on a piece of Styrene, but I ran into two problems, one was the steering link, well it was a real PITA, rubbed the Leaf(the servo horn and the link) and because my battery sits mounted under the hood, it couldn't have the body stay down but I figure get an HS55, do a similar mounting to yours or Scaler's and be good to go for opening weekend at the Campground upstate, this weekend

 

[ScalerLover]

Heres a couple pics to help out.
This is the Blazer, just finished last night redoing the servo mount and new panhard bar.

 

[Stampedekid]

Heres a couple pics to help out.
This is the Blazer, just finished last night redoing the servo mount and new panhard bar.

Yeah I saw that on BYT. It woudn't happen to be a styrene panhard bar would it? It's kinda hard to tell.

 

[ScalerLover]

Its a small paper clip :mrgreen:
But the mounts are styrene.

 

[Stampedekid]

Its a small paper clip :mrgreen:
But the mounts are styrene.

Oh haha yeah Ratboy, in my thread on BYT showed he used one of those clip thingys not sure what they're called, but how's the paper clip working out?

 

[ScalerLover]

Its one of the really small ones, so it bends easy, not sure how well it will hold up to running it but atleast it bends back into place easily.

 

[Ratboy99]

Binder clip the handles are really tough to bend.

 

[Stampedekid]

Binder clip the handles are really tough to bend.

Right, that's what theyre called, I've got a few laying around if not I'll just use a large paper clip, hopefully should work. If not neighbor has a vice and ya I've got locking bar clamps and some good Heavy Duty Pliers so I'll find a way..

 

[Stampedekid]

Thanks to pidgeonfarmboy for moving it to the scale section for me. I didn't get to run it this weekend though I tried, brought it up but had no luck. Tried every which way to get the steering to work with the front leafs with no luck, both with my stock servo and the brand new HS-55. Also used Xmod4life and Bubbles_Bizzo's (Scale 4x4 guys) of mounting the rear leafs and now they don't move at all. So going to ditch the front leafs and return to a traditional 4 link with shocks in droop so it should be running by next weekend, when I go upstate again. Found plenty of crawling spots and should be able to move some rocks onto our camp site for a little crawling area, mom and dad approved so its all good!

 

[chameleonkid]

how is your front end working? can we get some pics?

 

[Stampedekid]

for some reason the pics dont show up on this forum, says theyre deleted so heres the single post in another forum that I belong to, where it works
http://beatyourtruck.com/forum/showpost.php?p=810956&postcount=151

 

[Stampedekid]

Ok so it worked fine on another forum, time to try again here

Well this past weekend was actually fun up at the camper. Got to run it, got video but that comes later. Made a little course for it up at my camper, the empty site next to us was great for trailing. Also has much better ground clearance now, lemme know what you think! Warning, lots of pics. Running leafs in the rear, and a 2 link(surprisingly works well and no play at all) with shocks in droop, up front
Other Site:

I do realize the cab and bed don't line up. I'll fix that soon enough

oops...

That was Day 1, on the course, the following day after the rain ended, I went out and gathered more rocks etc.. some weighing over 20lbs

you can tell by the wood color on the "bridge" that it had rained

the aftermath

Ground clearance over a D-Sized battery

unfortunately the interior had to be removed, as I couldn't get the electronics and all in, and still have the cab able to close. Also ran the 300mAh 2S LiPo from my BL Micro DT in it..enjoy!
Still have to re-paint/paint everything on the chassis..

 

[Stampedekid]

wow the bed is pretty messed up

and the rear spring setup is haggard

wats with the front link in the last pic

Not really, it was how it was mounted because the cab was pushed down to stay put, but I fabricated up a clip thing to hold it down at normal height. And what do you mean by haggard? Also the front links were from the rear when it ran shocks "out back" never cut them down, its a 2 link setup and works fine, no play, flexes nicely so yeah

 

[Stampedekid]

New video and some pics from this past weekend. Unfotunately my photobucket is filled and I don't have time to delete pics so these are the best of the pics I took. Since the last pics the link setup has been re-done, front tires weighted, axle has been moved forward a bit(still needs more, you'll see why) This little guy is coming with me to Canada in 4 days when I go to visit my friend from another forum, and help him with his Micro Explorer Scaler build. But anyway, onto the pics. The mirrors barely made it past the last time I updated this so they've been long since M.I.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLrQqUbLoiQ